Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-27
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Mrs. r. L. Potter Thursday afternoon.
Fairbanks peerless soaps give uni
versaI satisfaction; superior to any soaps
made
Great theatrical attraction at Turner
Hall this "Wednesday evening. Gporse
&. Min in his grand character of Othello.
"A grand May ball under the uspices
OF the Ladies' section of the Concor'iia
society, will be given Saturday evening,
MAY 7.
Elliot Van Brunt died Saturday at
Horizon, aged 90 years, of consumption.
He was son of d. C. Van Rrunt, the
manufacturer.
Our former townsmau, Memo Stamm
has resigned his position with the W bite
| bill! Sewing Machine CO., and will open
| a real estate office in Milwaukee.
Call a; my nursery and examine my
stock of Russian and Iron Clad apples.
Just the varieties for this climate.
JAMES WHALEN
For SALE.-The lot and brick house
on the northeast corner of West avenue
and Main street in the Fourth ware.
| Persons wanting to purchase will enquire
on the premises.
| Seeding is nearly completed here
abouts, the farmers being fully ten days
ahead of last year with their work.
| Grass has fine start and the prospect
E! for pasturage is excellent.
Cove or Ru~k will not consider the
I question of The appointment OF game war
dens unuer the new law until the state
| has been divided into districts as prcvid-
ed for in the law recently enacted.
-Supt Rock, of the Northern division,
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad,
has appointed F. :. Atkins assistant
Superintendent OF the division in place of
&. p. Utley, resigned. Mr.. Atkins was
formerly yard master of the St, Paul road
at Chicago.
AT a recent strengthening on the
| farm of VIM. l.. Parker, near Beaver
Dam, a yearling eve yielded fleece of
| 1872 pounds, and 5-year-old eve one OF
20 pounds. OF eighteen yearling ewes
sheared, the lightest fleece weighed Is
and the heaviest 1917 pounds.
| Laurence Connor, formerly of En-
met, and who removed from Trenton,
Dodge county, to Chicago, only few
weeks ago, died Sunday, April "a. De-
ceased was for many years prominent
politician of Dodge county serving as
| county treasurer one term and several
! years chairman of the town board. His
age was 6S.
BUR- Robbins show will make its
first stand for the present season at
Evansville, May z. From there it will go
| W OciOiI, auu ditCl ludl W 1liIDOiS.
Colonel Robbins was doubtful for time
whether to travel overland or by rail, on
account of the heavy expense of railway
way shows under the new law. He has
now decided to stick to the rail.
Madison is having run of measles
to an almost alarming extent, there be-
! ing 400 children down with the disease
One fatal case, that of an old lady, is thus
far reported. Among those captured with
the measles are Adjutant-G General Chap
man and Gov, Rusk's little son. There
are also some cases of scarlet fever in the
city One school has been ordered closed
for week.
"A new law concerning teachers Ger
| tifcates went into effect March "a. Il
provides that the first grade certificates
shall be good for four years, the second
grade for two years and the third grade
for one year. According to the former
provisions of the law, the second ant
third grade certificates held good for ar
equal length of time, and many teachers
contented themselves with the lower grade
rather than make the effort to secure thu
other.
An ecclesiastical conference of the
Catholic deanery was held Thursday las
at St. Bernard's church. The following
named clergymen took part in the pro
ceedings: Revs. Fathers Condor, G. s
! c., Dean president; Kampschoerer, pastor
St. Henri's church; O'Keefe, G. S. G..
assistant pastor St. Bernard's; Francis
Gus, G. S. c., superintendent of Sacred
Heart; Murphy, Clyman; Roach, Column
bus; Nichols, Doylestown; Mcfarland
Elba; Schiller, Golden Lake; DR.. Joeger
Jefferson; Sauthner, st. Lawrence, neal
Jefferson; Condor, Napoleon; Harlin
Monches; Mcmahon, Oconomowoc:
Becker, Pewaukee; Tierney, Redwood
Victar, Waterloo.